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Table 3 Joinpoint regression analysis of incidence density of antibiotic resistant organisms (isolates per 1,000 inpatient days) across five public acute-care hospitals, first half of 2011, second half of 2020

From: Antibiotic utilisation and resistance over the first decade of nationally funded antimicrobial stewardship programmes in Singapore acute-care hospitals

Antibiotic resistant organism

No of isolates//1,000 inpatient-days

Total study period (H1 2011–H2 2020)

Trend 1

Trend 2

Trend 3

Trend 4

H1 of 2011

H2 of 2020

AHPC (%)

(95% CI)

Half-years

HPC (%)

(95% CI)

Half-years

HPC (%)

(95% CI)

Half-years

HPC (%)

(95% CI)

Half-years

HPC (%)

(95% CI)

All

12.5

11.0

-0.7

(-1.6, 0.2)

H1 2011–

H1 2012

6.0

(-2.7, 15.4)

H1 2012–

H2 2014

-2.7**

(-4.5,-0.9)

H2 2014–

H2 2020

-1.0***

(-1.3, -0.7)

  

E. coli resistant to:

           

ceftriaxone

2.0

2.1

0.2

(-1.2, 1.7)

H1 2011–

H1 2012

8.0

(-1.0, 17.7)

H1 2012–

H1 2015

-0.3

(-1.7, 1.0)

H1 2015–

H2 2016

3.9

(-4.4, 12.8)

H2 2016–

H2 2020

-2.5***

(-3.1, -1.8)

ciprofloxacin

3.3

4.2

0.7***

(0.3, 0.1)

        

imipenem or meropenem

0.02

0.04

3.9***

(2.8, 4.9)

        

K. pneumoniae resistant to:

           

ceftriaxone

1.5

1.1

-1.7

(-3.7, 0.3)

H1 2011–

H1 2012

4.4

(-11.9, 23.7)

H1 2012–

H2 2015

-4.6**

(-7.2, -1.9)

H2 2015–

H2 2017

1.6

(-2.5, 5.8)

H2 2017–

H2 2020

-3.3**

(-5.3, -1.3)

ciprofloxacin

1.7

1.5

-0.3

(-2.1, 1.6)

H1 2011–

H1 2012

5.9

(-9.0, 23.3)

H1 2012–

H2 2014

-5.4**

(-8.9, -1.9)

H2 2014–

H2 2018

-1.3

(-2.7, 0.1)

H2 2018–H2 2020

5.5*

(1.6, 9.5)

imipenem or meropenem

0.04

0.1

3.1*

(0.5, 5.7)

H1 2011–

H1 2017

7.5***

(4.7, 10.3)

H1 2017–

H2 2020

-4.0

(-9.7, 2.0)

    

P. aeruginosa resistant to imipenem or meropenem

0.4

0.3

-0.6

(-2.5, 1.2)

H1 2011–

H1 2013

5.7

(-3.1, 15.3)

H1 2013–

H2 2020

-2.3***

(-3.3, -1.2)

    

A. baumannii resistant to:

           

imipenem or meropenem

0.6

0.1

-9.9***

(-12.6, -7.2)

H1 2011–

H2 2012

8.4

(-10.6, 31.4)

H2 2012–

H2 2020

-13.0***

(-14.1, -12.0)

    

multiple drugs1

0.4

0.1

-10.1***

(-13.1, -7.0)

H1 2011–

H2 2012

13.8

(-8.5, 41.7)

H2 2012–

H2 2020

-14***

(-15.4, -12.6)

    

Methicillin-resistant S. aureus

1.9

0.9

-3.7***

(-3.8, -3.5)

        

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci

0.1

0.2

3.6

(-7.8, 16.6)

H1 2011–

H1 2012

56.7

(-10.4, 173.9)

H1 2012–

H2 2013

-20.9

(-54.0, 36.0)

H2 2013–

H1 2015

22.4

(-28.8, 110.6)

H1 2015–

H2 2020

-1.1

(-3.7, 1.6)

C. difficile

0.5

0.5

-1.3***

(-1.9, -0.8)

H1 2011–

H1 2015

3.9***

(2.6, 5.2)

H1 2015–

H2 2020

-4.9***

(-5.6, -4.2)

    

All except for methicillin-resistant S. aureus

10.6

10.1

-0.3

(-1.4, 0.7)

H1 2011– H1 2012

7.7

(-2.2, 18.6)

H1 2012– H2 2014

-2.6*

(-4.5, -0.5)

H2 2014– H2 2020

-0.7***

(-1.0, -0.3)

  
  1. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
  2. CI: confidence interval, H1: First half of the year, H2: Second half of the year, AHPC: average half-yearly percentage change
  3. 1Multidrug-resistant A. baumannii was defined as concurrent resistance to imipenem or meropenem, ciprofloxacin and amikacin